IN THE AIR.
RIGID AIRSHIPS. BRITAIN ORDERS FOUR. Received March 25, 5.5 p.m. London, March 20. The Government has ordered four rigid airships surpassipg the R. 33, at a cost of a quarter of a million each, the length to be 750 feet, spaed eighty miles per hour, and lifting capacity seventy. tons.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AN AUTOMATIC AIRPLANE. Washington, March 25. Mr. Baker has announced the invention of an automatic airplane. A flight of 100 miles to a given point was successfully undertaken without anyone on board.—Aus.-N.Z Cable Assn. A TRIAL ABANDONED. Received March 26, 8.15 p.m. London, March 25. The R34, after nineteen hours, abandoned the circuit of Ireland flight,, owing to hail and snow.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Association.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 March 1919, Page 5
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119IN THE AIR. Taranaki Daily News, 27 March 1919, Page 5
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